Glove and mitten.



1. P. Mb'LLER.

GLOVE AND MITTEN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29. 1916.

1,215,688. Patented Feb. 13,1917.

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.JZOHAN PETER MfiLL-EB, =0]? KEW'ANEE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR-EO BQSSMANUFACTURING COMPANY, 50F KEWANEE, ILLINOIS, A COREORATION ILLINOIS.

GLOVE AND MITTEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHA-N MOLLEn, citizen of Sweden, residmg atKewanee, n

the county of Henry andfitate of Illinois, have invented certain new andusefulInrprovements in Gloves and Mittens, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an improvement or in carload lots and owing tothe lowprices obtainable, it is highly expedient and desirable to beable to manufacture the same at the minimum cost both of labor and as tothe amount of material employed. In the present state of the art withrelation to these inexpensive cloth gloves, it has usually been foundnecessary to out the cloth, either canton flannel or duck, from patternsof a size larger than is necessary for a close or snug fit for the hand.This is necessary in view of the fact that the inexpensive cotton glovesor mittens are not cut to size as is the practice with thehigher gradekid gloves or silk fabric gloves. The average hand of a workman isusually taken as the basis for the glove size and if it is too small ortoo large it is of no particular importance as the gloves are notsupposed to be ornamental but rather protecting devices for the hands ofthe workman. In View of these facts,

therefore, little attention has been given to approximate hand fitting.The aim of the present invention is that of providing a cotton glove ofthis inexpensive character wherein a minimum size can be made asstandard and a certain degree of elasticity permitted by cutting thematerial on the bias and thereby securing an approximate fit for a handconsiderably larger than that of a minimum size. It has been found alsothat by cutting goods on the bias and building the gloves with materialarranged on the bias, 2. material saving in the amount of goods issecured which reduces in the aggregatea-material part of the expenseinthe making of these inexpensive goods.

Tlie'object of the invention maybe briefly stated to be that ofproducing an inexpensive cotton glove which will have the maximum degreeof elasticity or stretch laterally and thereby constitute a close fitfor the average wearer. V p

In the drawings, there is shown in Figure 1 an elevation of a gloveembodying the invention; and in Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 of Fig.1 showing it as a one ply construction.

While the term cotton is employed as designating now the well known typeof inexpensive glove it is, of course, to be understood that theinvention is not strictly limited to this particular material whichpossesses great advantages in connection therewith.

The glove selected for illustrating purposes in connection with thesespecifications is one composed of palm A having the thumb and fingerportions as shown and the pieces B and C constituting the backs of thesecond and third finger parts on the single piece palm part A. With aslight variation as to patterns, the type of glove illustrated issomewhat similar to that shown in the patent to Busby No. 729,731. Inthis connection, however, all the parts of the glove are made of wovenmaterial cut on the bias as shown so that when the glove is assembledthe warp threads will be arranged diagonally of the article throughoutthe'area of all the parts thereof as shown. Here it is to be observedthat the diagonal arrangement of the threads of the glove will in thepalm and finger portions afford a maximum degree of elasticity in alateral direction while the same result is accomplished in the thumbportion owing to the angular disposition of the material of the thumbpiece with reference to the corresponding threads of said palm andfinger portions. The glove may be conveniently provided with a wristband when desired. It is highly desirable in the inexpensive type ofglove to have the same ventilated or of a single ply of material so thatair will pass through the.

meshes of the fabric as distinguished from V that type of glove whereina bias fabric is used having one of its surfaces coated with rubber.

By the bias cut and formed inexpensive glove made in accordance with theabove description, it has been ascertained that a very material savingin amount of material is acquired in that the material can be cutnarrower and still when formed into the glove will have suflicientstretch to enable it to fit the average hand, as distinguished from thepractice heretofore of cutting the material straight and relatively wideso that when the glove is formed, it will have a substantially loose fitfor the average hand.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is A glove formed of a single ply ofwoven cotton or the like and having its various 20 JOHAN PETER MOLLER.

Witnesses:

E. W. GROW, T. R. S'roKEs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

